Conferences and Events
Hosted Seminar Series
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminar Series
A bimonthly lecture series, held on first and third Tuesdays during the academic year at 9:30 a.m., featuring scientists whose research interests complement those of departmental faculty.
Work-in-Progress Seminar
A bimonthly forum, generally held on second and fourth Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m., for students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty to present their ongoing research and gain valuable feedback from colleagues.
Fall FY2027 WIP will be held on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m., unless noted otherwise
September 8, 2026
Richard Wood, Ph.D.
September 22, 2026
Mackenzie Wienke (Ishak Lab)
September 29, 2026
Lakshmi Paniker, Ph.D. (Cole Lab)
October 20, 2026
Lia Koutelou Ph.D. (Ting/Lee Labs)
October 27, 2026
Mingyu Lee, Ph.D. (Bedford Lab)
November 10, 2026
Shuyue Wang (Xu Lab)
November 24, 2026
Fen Yang, Ph.D. (Bratton Lab)
December 8, 2026
Bigang Liu, M.S. (Chen Lab)
Related Seminar Series
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Monthly Student Seminar Series (GEM)
Held on the second Thursday of the month at 12:30 p.m., this series is organized and presented by students from G&E labs. Most GEM seminars feature two student research talks.
Enjoy Science Seminar Series
The Enjoy Science seminars highlight the faculty research across UT MD Anderson and are typically held on first and third Thursdays at 10 a.m.
John H. Blaffer Lecture Series
The Blaffer Lecture series, organized by the Department of Genetics, is held on Tuesdays at noon during the academic year. Blaffer speakers are prominent researchers from a variety of fields and trainees have the opportunity to meet in a small group setting with the speakers.
Conferences & Retreats
Graduate Program in Genetics & Epigenetics (G&E) Retreat
The G&E Retreat was held November 7, 2025.
Center for Cancer Epigenetics (CCE) Annual Spring Retreat
The CCE retreat, featuring keynote speaker Benjamin Sabari, Ph.D., from UT Southwestern, was held at Round Top Festival Institute, May 8–9, 2026.
Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis Seminars
Seminars will be held on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m., unless noted otherwise
Monday, August 3, 2026 - 2:30 p.m.*
TET-mediated epigenetic regulation in cancer and aging
Yun "Nancy" Huang, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Director, Center for Epigenetics and Disease Prevention (CEDP), Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A&M Institute of Biosciences & Technology
*Note special day and time
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Regulation of DNA damage repair pathways by the protein phosphatase EYA4
Eloïse Dray, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Tuesday September 15, 2026
Luigi Perelli, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, UT MD Anderson
Research Interests: Oncogenesis, cancer evolution and metastasis, cancer as an ecosystem
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Bing Ren, Ph.D.
Director and Chief Executive Officer, New York Genome Center
Associate Director, Vagelos Institute for Basic Biomedical Science, and
Professor of Genetics and Development; Systems Biology: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University
Research Interests: Epigenetic control of gene regulation and development; higher order chromatin architecture
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Tony Mustoe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Molecular & Human Genetics; Member, Therapeutic Innovation Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Research Interests: Regulation of RNA and RNA structure, folding and dynamics
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Keji Zhao, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health Distinguished Investigator
National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Research Interests: Epigenome biology
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Eric Van Nostrand, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology; Therapeutic Innovation Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Research Interests: RNA binding proteins in RNA processing regulatory networks
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Speaker to be announced
Tuesday, December 15, 2026
Speaker to be announced